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The UB Business School welcomed four new researchers in 2021. More specifically, two lecturer professors and two postdoctoral researchers joined the Department of Business. The new UB Business School researchers are: Ryan Armstrong: He is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Business. He obtained his PhD in Business from the University of Barcelona in 2018. Ryan researches how positive change can be facilitated in organizations. His research integrates philosophy, social psychology, and business analytics to understand how organizational learning takes place… 
The PhD in Business alumni at the UB Business School, Cristian Granados, is a professor, researcher and consultant at the Technological of Monterrey. He was a research fellow at HEC Montreal, and completed a short research stay at Harvard Business School. He is currently working with entrepreneurs, MBA and undergraduate students, and corporate innovation training programs in companies such as Bimbo, Renault or Roche. Along his professional career, he has held positions as innovation director and has also co-founded a video game startup. He is convinced about the power of creativity and innovation to improve organizations, cities and the welfare. Have teaching and research been always your career aspirations? Not exactly. But as far as I remember, I… 
The Summer School on Management of Creativity celebrates this year its thirteen edition, the second fully online, once again offering the opportunity to explore and compare the creative ecosystems of Montreal and Barcelona. Launched in 2009, the Summer School has inspired the creation of other schools on management of creativity and innovation in Europe, South America and Asia, and is considered as the international reference in the field of management of creativity and innovation. Following the success of the online edition organized in 2020, HEC Montréal and the University of Barcelona will jointly… 
On February 4 and 5, UB School of Economics will be present in the POLITICO’S EU Studies & Career Fair. Every year this fair becomes a meeting point between the best universities and organizations in the world, and top-level students and young professionals seeking a future in matters related to the European Union, international relations, political science, business, economy, public policy, and law. UB School of Economics will be present at the fair through the Study in Catalonia stand and… 
The University of Barcelona has been ranked amongst the top 100 institutions in the world, according to the first edition of 2021 of the Ranking Web of Universities and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, with regard to its international dimension. In both rankings, our institution has been the only university in Spain that ranked among the 100 first positions. The University of Barcelona steps up to position number 92 of the Ranking Web of Universities and position 91 of the most… 
The University of Barcelona Social Council has awarded the José Manuel Blecua prize to PhD graduate in Business at the UB Business School Alfonso Hernández Vivanco for his article "Sustainable innovation through management systems integration" published in the 'Journal of Cleaner Production'. The distinction recognizes the best article derived from a doctoral thesis defended at the UB during the last 5 years. "The study was born from the need to explore how the way of managing the internal processes of… 
The applications are now open for 2021/22 entry to the MSc in International Business at the UB Business School. Candidates have time until May 16th, 2021* to submit their applications. This official one-year programme contributes in a decisive way to a wider specialization for graduates in International Business, Management and Business Administration, and such like, who have acquired a more generalized training during their studies. There will be three application periods for the MSc in International Business. The closing date for the first round of applications is February 28th, 2021. Applications… 
The Business School at the Universitat of Barcelona welcomed 18 new students that joined this year the MSc in International Business. Most of them come from Europe (61,1%), Asia (16,7%), Africa (11,1%), and America (11,1%). Altogether, there are 13 nationalities represented on this class where the average age is 24,5 years old. This diverse group of people will now pursue an official one-year programme taught in English, designed to train specialists in global business management and covers the fields of finance and accounting, marketing, operations, human resources and strategic management. These students enrolled on the MSc in… 
The Master in Business Research alumni and currently PhD student at the UB Business School, Carlos Politi, grew up in Argentina. There, he earned a law degree and worked for the Government and then in the private sector. Politi soon realized that his true passion was human resources, so he re-directed his career in that direction. After several years of working in human resources, he quit his job and moved to the United States to undertake masters’ studies in Human Resources at Cornell University. That was a life changing decision for Mr Politi: he has held different roles at Fortune 500 companies. Currently, he is working at Gates Corporation in… 
MSc in International Business lecturer Josep Gálvez, has been recognised one of the best professionals in the Arbitration and Mediation practice areas by the prestigious publication Best Lawyers©. This is the second consecutive year that Gálvez was awarded with this recognition. As a lecturer of Legal Aspects at the UB Business School, this nomination comes in the third anniversary of his young firm, focused on disputes in Spain, England and Wales and Latin America, representing its clients in exceptional litigation and arbitration cases. Josep, a former judge, is…